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Sony Corporation Annual Report 1997
designed to support newly formed labels and
encompassing Crave, 550 Music, WORK, and
future stand-alone labels.
Debut albums by 3T, Ghostface Killah,
Ginuwine, Kula Shaker, Amanda Marshall, and
Maxwell, and new releases by developing artists
(London) Suede, KorN, and silverchair, each
sold one million or more units.
Country Music
Sony Music Nashville bestsellers included
releases by Mary Chapin Carpenter, Wade
Hayes, Ty Herndon, Rick Trevino, Patty
Loveless, Collin Raye, and Ricochet. Patty
Loveless was named Top Female Vocalist by
the Academy of Country Music and Female
Vocalist of the Year by the Country Music
Association.
International Growth
Sony Music International (SMI) increased sales
throughout its territories. This performance
was paced by the worldwide successes of
SMEI’s global artists and the successful
development of local repertoire, including
international bestsellers by Shakira (Colombia),
silverchair (Australia), Roberto Carlos, Martinho
Da Vila, Skank, and ZeZe di Camargo y
Luciano (Brazil), Min-Jong Kim and K2
(Korea), Alejandro Fernandez and Ricky
Celine Dion won Album of the Year and Best Pop Album Grammy Awards for her
Falling Into You
album. Its single, “Because You Loved Me,”
won a Best Song Grammy Award.
Oasis and their second album,
(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
were the
biggest selling band and album of 1996 in the United Kingdom.